College World Series history

Welcome to the College World Series historical database, brought to you by Omaha.com and the Omaha World-Herald. This page is our growing home for historical information about past NCAA baseball championships, which have been played in Omaha since 1950.

You can read historical information for each year of the CWS, dating to 1947. We also created a history page for every school that has played in the CWS. Click a banner on the main page or select a team or year from these dropdown menus.

Participating teams

Arizona State clips buckeyes in finale

Series highlights

The championship was a damp one with an afternoon downpour threatening to postpone the game, but a new tarp helped avoid a wash-out and Arizona State topped Ohio State 2-1.

Arizona State's Sal Bando, the series' most outstanding player, set records of 21 total bases and 12 hits to lead the Sun Devils. Bando also tied the record of four doubles and 10 runs scored.

Rick Monday put the Sun Devils on the board first with a solo homer in the first inning. The Buckeyes tied the game at one when Don Harkins hit an RBI double in the fourth inning

Bando tripled in the sixth inning and scored on a sacrifice fly for the winning run.

Ohio State pitcher Steve Arlin, who pitched the final two innings in the championship game, set a CWS record for most strikeouts (20) and innings pitched (15) in a single game against Washington State earlier in the CWS.

Most Outstanding Player

Sal Bando, Arizona State

The third baseman set tournament records for total bases (21) and hits (12) while batting .480 and hitting safely in each game.